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There seems to be a trend towards younger men on here getting castrated. In cases where a man is less than 35 or so when snipped, then he will live most of his life as a eunuch... very different from men who have it done later after a longer experience with manhood, which might include marriage, children etc. For example I fight both the urge to get castrated and the urge to get married ( again) and lead a " normal " life. A man castrated in his twenties has only been a man a brief period and all the ups and downs of living in body you don't feel comfortable with is gone quickly and I suppose the that memory of manhood would start to fade... or does it? I wonder how the younger eunuchs on here see this question; whether they see their psychological profile as different from a man castrated at say 45- 50 years of age?

I had mine done in my late 40s but I had low T for a while so my comment is probably confusing. I don't feel any great difference. I should of course note that I'm on HRT, but other then maybe the "thought" that my balls are "store boughts" I feel the same. If not better since I had medical issues with my old set.

I think that younger people should really think twice before doing it for non medical reasons. I think they don't have the experience to be able understand the issues of sterility alone never mind the changes that life without Testosterone will almost certainly bring.

I can't say it enough. Its NOT just sex drive your fiddling with. Low testosterone has health issues (bone loss) and mental health issues (Depression) and quality of life issues (Energy, mental focus, etc)

There are lots of cool and exciting OTHER things to do sexualy if this is a Kink.

I was castrated a little over two years ago at age 35 and it's the best decision I ever made. Assuming I live to the normal life expectancy, I will live a majority of my life without testicles, and a majority by far of my adult life without. Other than having more trouble keeping weight off than I did before, I have only one regret - and that is that I didn't do it ten years earlier.

That said, I do encourage those young men that are considering this to wait until at least age 30 before getting it done. If it has been a lifelong desire, it is worth waiting that time to make sure that you are 100% certain, which is what I did. I know that my only regret is that I wasn't 25 when I did it, but I think it is better to regret not having done it than to regret having done it.

The nuts can always be cut off, but they can't be glued back on.

My interests in catration began at age 13. For years and years, I put the whole issue to the side because I thought it was an impossibility in this society. I did not become a Eunuch until I was 56 years old. I wished I had been done 25 years sooner at the minimum. It would have relieved a real lot of stresses in my life if I had been.

I am another eunuch cut at 41 that wishes it had been done earlier. I knew something was wrong with how I perceived and felt about myself. In the 10+ years of being a eunuch I have enjoyed my true self.

I do not think age is as important as making sure the right decision is being made. As far as being a man that was never comfortable for me. I am now 52 years old and I wish I was celebrating 34 years as a eunuch.

I got castrated at age 46 I too wish it could have been earlier in life 13 ish

I am happily married for 20 years now I have three boys one who has just graduated from high school I am very glade to have such a great family

I can see that waiting to get castrated was a blessing in Disguise

age 32 or 35 would be a moor ideal age for castration

The problem with telling a young man he is going to have to wait until he is 35 or 40 to get castrated is that to him those ages are an eternity away. Even now at 23, the age of 35 seems an eternity away to me, and even more so when I was 20 (which is when I was castrated). Had someone told me then, "You need to wait until you are 35 to have this done," I would have said, "Are you kidding? How the hell am I supposed to do that?"

We need to be realistic. There is no way we can expect a man in his late teens or early twenties to just wait until he is 35 or 40 to have something done that he really wants and truly feels is right for him. For some it could mean suicide to have to wait that long. In any case, it is not realisitc to expect a young man who really needs to be castrated to just forget about it for all those years.

I support a minimum age of 25 because I think this is the longest we can realistically expect a young adult to wait, and even that is pushing it for some. Plus the age of 25 presumably guarantees at least a reasonable level of maturity for long-term decision making according to studies in cognitive development.

plix (imported) wrote: Wed May 14, 2008 9:21 am The problem with telling a young man he is going to have to wait until he is 35 or 40 to get castrated is that to him those ages are an eternity away. Even now at 23, the age of 35 seems an eternity away to me, and even more so when I was 20 (which is when I was castrated). Had someone told me then, "You need to wait until you are 35 to have this done," I would have said, "Are you kidding? How the hell am I supposed to do that?"

We need to be realistic. There is no way we can expect a man in his late teens or early twenties to just wait until he is 35 or 40 to have something done that he really wants and truly feels is right for him. For some it could mean suicide to have to wait that long. In any case, it is not realisitc to expect a young man who really needs to be castrated to just forget about it for all those years.

I support a minimum age of 25 because I think this is the longest we can realistically expect a young adult to wait, and even that is pushing it for some. Plus the age of 25 presumably guarantees at least a reasonable level of maturity for long-term decision making according to studies in cognitive development.

i agree a minimum age of 25 but I was saying an ideal age would be 30+ years

I think it all depends on the person and the surrounding circumstances. Looking back on my life, it would have made things a whole easier if I was done at age 25. So much bad happened in my early 30's that could have been prevented. Now so much damage has been done that no one will ever understand and know. It has to stay inside my brain.

I don't think you can come up with single age that would work for everyone. There are a lot of factors that come into making this life changing discission. Some young people mature at very young age and understand the gravity of the discission others remain children in adult bodies.

I think that the REASON for wanting castration would be the prime factor in deciding when to have it done. It makes sense to me that a gender-dysphoric person would want the operation early in life so as to reduce the anxiety factor of being in a mismatched body.

You can marry your lover and adopt children to make a family, so the asexual aspect of castration is not a truly an issue. Mental maturity and sexual maturity are completely different things. I would advise against castration unless you have loked into all the ramifications, such as health issues, very thoroughly.

In my case, the reason for wanting castration was to reduce an uncontrollable sex drive that had caused a crisis situation that nearly wrecked my life and family. Prior to that crisis, I had never thought about castration, not even in fantasy. However some 30 years ago at the time of this crisis, I would have had it done, if it had been possible. Looking back, I realize that my life would have been much less complicated if I had been castrated, so waiting all these years was not necessarily a good thing. In this respect perhaps, my situation is similar to that of the gender-dysphoric.

However, if the castration is merely to serve a sexual fantasy, then there is NO real world reason for it. Therefor, castration at any age would NOT be warranted.

Age is a factor that must also consider other things like maturity, and mental stability.

I have a very close friend who found himself castrated at 25 by accident. He awoke from the injuries, and discovered that the only permanent damage was that he was separated from his balls and sack. He initally went thru a period of depression, but ultimately came to accept the situation.

He had been living life as a bi-sexual, since he felt the pressure to continue the family line, as the only male in his generation. once that was not possible, he stopped dating women, and focused on his real desire,men.

He will tell anyone that asks, that he would not go back to having balls, but he would have preferred to have had a choice in the matter. after 15 years without, he is very open about it, and most are seriously surprised that the muscular and athletic red head is a eunuch.

Testosterone is some heavy duty stuff, and while removing the source can get it out of your system, it won't change behavioral traits. I read of a child molester who requested castration, on the grounds that it would stop him being a child molester. A year later, he had a non functional penis, so he just used a dildo on the little girls he was fondling. Castration will not cure mental illness, nor will it stop your attractions , it will just render you incapable of acting on those attractions.

People like me, and others here who have had long term issues with their balls, (pain, misplacement, etc) and who use HRT can tell you that its not the ideal sitation, but it closely replicates what the body should be doing.

Whether gel or injection, T is a pain in the butt. Forget it in a busy week, and all the sudden you feel like crawling under a rock. Take it too soon, and you are ready to kill 3 of your neighbors over the length of their grass.

There are a thousand different reasons for desiring castration, some of them based solely on a sexual fantasy. Let each man make up his own mind about what is right for him. The biggest hurtle for many is not knowing if they'll like the result. Thats why there are people here who have been thinking about it for 20 years, and are still intact. Its a serious decision, and one that not reversible, so caution is the watchword here.

Never , jump into castration, you may find that you really don't like the end result.

Raymar

Charis (imported) wrote: Wed May 14, 2008 11:13 pm I don't think you can come up with single age that would work for everyone. There are a lot of factors that come into making this life changing discission. Some young people mature at very young age and understand the gravity of the discission others remain children in adult bodies.

I agree fully, that you can't put an age on being mature. It's like the drinking age. The problem is there are too many gate keepers. The far right and left want to dictate morality and region and who can be partners in bed, etc, completely missing what America was founded on.

Deciding ones gender should be a privet and with out gatekeepers. If you make a bad choice there is not a thing you can do but Doctors have been sued bad choices of their clients. Too many persons will not accept their bad choices and say it's some else's fault, even if it's on video tape of them say YES.

I think as long as the person has all the facts and information about this life changing decision, and it is still something that they want to do then they should be able to do it. This really goes for any age, as long as they have all the facts about it, then the decision is theirs to make.